The next picture shows the water tubes for the Wirsbo system. Sheets of foam-like material were placed over the plumbing and electrical, serving as the base/surface on which the tubes were placed. The central portion without heat tubes (with the H-shaped metal piece) is where that main support beam will be as well as the location of the fireplace. The white PVC tubes protruding here and there are locations of vents, drains, water connections for sinks, shower,etc. There are also a couple of spots where we planned for in-floor electrical plug ins, and the electrician had to install the access spots for those at this point also.
On September 8th the cement was poured, covering the tubes. All was now ready for the super-insulated panel walls to be installed.
...And here are the much awaited walls, beginning to be installed:
This photo is looking into the back corner of the house.The window opening closest to the ladder will be the window over the bathtub in the master bath. The doorway next to one of the construction crew members is the patio door out the back of the master bedroom.
This is the back wall of the house (facing the lake side) as viewed from the outside. On the right side is the patio door to the master bedroom, and the larger opening to the left of that will be the double patio doors entering the living room, with windows on both sides. On the very left edge of the photo you can see the start of the window that will be at the end of the kitchen (see the last photo in this update).
Here is a vew of the front of the house. The driveway/garage will be on the right - the walls of the double attached garage are not yet up. The floor for the garage will probably be poured within a week.
Here is Mary Lou checking out the view from the window that will be at the end of the kitchen, looking into the woods towrds the lake. There will be a 5 ft. wide picture window in the center of the opening with a window on each side of the picture window that will crank open. We hope to have a small wood-burring stove in the corner to the left, near the other window opening you see in this photo. Herman has LOTS of wood to burn from all the brushing and trimming he has been doing on the property.
That's it for now - quite a bit of progress in the last couple of weeks! More to come...our builder is anxious to get the roof on, windows installed, etc. From that point, the weather won't be such a factor anymore. We had 31 degrees here in Ely last night.
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~Mary Lou & Herman
